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934 [CHAPTER 241] une 24, 1941 [H. R . 2739] [Private Law 111] Jack Y. Upham. Payment to. Priso. June 24, 1941 [R. R. 2861] [Private Law 112] Cascade Invest- ment Co. Payment to. AN ACT For the relief of Jack Y. Upham. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $500 to Jack Y. Upham, of Henrico County, Virginia, an employee of the Public Roads Administration, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for household and personal effects destroyed in a Government truck on March 26, 1938, while en route from Sparta, North Carolina, to Floyd, Virginia: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 24, 1941. [CHAPTER 242] AN ACT For the relief of Cascade Investment Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Cascade Investment Company, of Portland, Oregon, the sum of $78.75. The payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims against the United States for losses sustained by such company as a result of the damages to a truck owned by said company, while said truck was being used on Works Progress Administration Project Numbered 505, at Camp Clatsop, Oregon, during the year 1936: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attor- ney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstand- ing. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 24, 1941. PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 240 -242-JUNE 24, 1941 [55 STAT. Conservation, Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Ross, Ross County, Ohio, while acting within the scope of his employment, on Ohio United States Highway Route Numbered 23, one and six-tenths miles north of the city of Chillicothe, Ohio, on October 17, 1939: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Approved, June 24, 1941.